title: Dose measurements around spallation neutron sources.
abstract: Neutron dose measurements and calculations around spallation sources appear to be of great importance in shielding research. Two spallation sources were irradiated by high-energy proton beams delivered by the Nuclotron accelerator (JINR), Dubna. Neutrons produced by the spallation sources were measured by using solid-state nuclear track detectors. In addition, neutron dose was calculated after polyethylene and concrete, using a phenomenological model based on empirical relations applied in high-energy physics. The study provides an analytical and experimental neutron benchmark analysis using the transmission factor and a comparison between the experimental results and calculations.
authors.affiliation: Physics Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. fragom@auth.gr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fragopoulou
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stoulos
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Manolopoulou
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krivopustov
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zamani
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009502:Neutrons; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D011874:Radiometry; D012062:Relative Biological Effectiveness